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dhurrie, durrie|ˈdʌrɪ| [Hindī darī. See dh-.] A kind of cotton carpet of Indian manufacture, usually made in rectangular pieces with fringes at the ends, and used for sofa-covers, curtains, and similar purposes.
1880Eliot James Indian Industries iv. 19 Dhurries are made in squares, and the ends often finished off with fringe; the colours are not bright, but appear durable. 1891Cotes Two Girls on a Barge 21 Curtains to hang..and dhurries to be draped over the fresh-scented pine of the little cabins. Ibid. 22 The dhurries to be arranged æsthetically on either crosswise beam. 1921E. M. Forster Let. 17 May in Hill of Devi (1953) 80 The gifts were dumped on a durry..where sat H.H., among clerical assistants. 1924Chambers's Jrnl. July 472/2 He returned with a roll of Kashmir durries, and one by one each durrie became a fatter roll than it had been. 1934M. L. Darling Wisdom & Waste in Punjab Village i. 11 The durry in my room was impregnated with dirty foot⁓marks. |